Last month’s Atlanta Gift and Home Furnishings Market offered a myriad of great design. While there are always options of going your own way in design and doing what you love in your own home regardless of trends, there are some recurring themes each year and these were the ones that stood out this week.read more

Quick: Off the top of your head, what can a real estate agent do to sell a house that you can’t do?

“Frankly, I don’t think a Realtor® does much that I can’t do myself,” a New Jersey homeowner told CBS News. After all, real estate agents just stick a sign in the yard, hold an open house or two, and fill out a couple of papers, right? Since you, too, can perform these duties, why not sell the house yourself and keep the commission money?read more

Unusual weather patterns across the United States have left many homeowners standing under water literally. They are shocked to find out flood is not covered by their homeowner’s policy. It is estimated that 5% of homeowners carry Flood Insurance.read more